It happened again Saturday at the Target Center, where UConn defeated
Stanford University with breathtaking ease, 87-60 in the semifinals of
the NCAA Tournament. There were 18,038 witnesses.

Definitive? It was the most one- sided Final Four game in the 14- year
history of the tournament.

If the Huskies win today in the championship game against the
University of Tennessee (3:45 p.m., Channel 3), they will finish this
glorious season 35-0.

Perfect. A piece of history.

The only women's team to do it was the University of Texas in the
1985-86 season, and UConn can go the 34-0 Longhorns one better.

``Kind of scary, really,'' said UConn junior forward Jamelle Elliott.
``We have a chance to do something that's only been done once. We've
tried not to talk about it, tried not to think about it, but now it's
right there staring us in the face.

``When you start the season, you can't imagine being undefeated the
whole way. It's hard to believe, but we can make it happen.''

All week long, UConn coach Geno Auriemma has said he doesn't want to
stumble into history like Forrest Gump. All week long, he has talked
about winning with style. Well, now he has his chance to do both. For
the game today is a rematch of the one that defined the season, when the
two highest ranked teams met Jan. 16 at Gampel Pavilion. In that Monday
afternoon game, UConn took the No. 1 ranking from Tennessee with a
77-66 victory.

That result could work either of two ways. ``Which would you rather
have -- our confidence or their hunger to want to hand it right back to
us?'' Auriemma asked.